poison pill

n. an element introduced into the restructuring of a corporation so that it becomes undesirable for another corporation to take over. Acme Corporation approved a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Seyed	-	Persian
Jovita	ho-VEE-tah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Jaagup	-	Estonian
Vespasianus	-	Ancient Roman
Judita	-	Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak
Almond	['a:mənd]